The day I got to see all the carnivorous plants in North Carolina’s Green Swamp, I also got to go to Lake Waccamaw. It’s a great place! It’s a bay lake (that means it’s surrounded by bay plants) and it’s incredibly shallow, 11 feet at the deepest point. Still, it’s huge by Arizona’s standards, and it was a glorious place to swim, seine for native fishes, and survey the native freshwater mussels after a hot trip through the swamp:
Lake Waccamaw
I especially liked it because there were tons of dragonflies flying along the shores, zipping along through all that vegetation. Bet you didn’t see that coming, did you? :)
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The Dragonfly Woman 
Looks like a peaceful spot. Glad you found so many dragonflies.
It was quite nice! The water was VERY warm, but it was still rather refreshing after a hot day.
I have a dragonfly in the house right now! He flew in last night when I opened the door to take out the trash. He drove my cat nuts last night! I tried to catch him a couple times to take him back outside, but he managed to elude me. I haven’t seen him all day, but it may be too cold in here for him, but he’s got to be around here somewhere.
Did you find your odonate houseguest? Hope it made its way out eventually!
Lot’s of dragonfly activity in Columbia the past few days, must be the rain???
The rain definitely plays a role! Let me know if you ever see them flying in the rain, will you? I’m thinking of starting a new citizen science project looking at odonate responses to rain as there hasn’t been a lot done on the subject and I absolutely love it!
Will do,
Roger
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